Jon's 31st Birthday!!

So we celebrated Jon's birthday this past Saturday even though his real birthday isn't until the 11th. I was in charge of the party planning and though a huge fan of Sex and the City, I failed my girls miserably by making dinner reservations at 5:00 pm on a Saturday night. We went to the Loring Pasta Bar where we were the only people in the restaurant, the band was still setting up, and old people in wheelchairs who rolled by were pointing and laughing at us. Okay, okay, I learned my lesson. No self-respecting semi-young crowd of folks goes for a city dinner at 5:00 pm. Remember, I come from Michigan where anything goes. We had a great time at dinner and followed it up with ice cream cake, a backyard fire, games, conversation, and lots of laughs at Paige's house. Hopefully Jon was pleased with our efforts and had a wonderful birthday!!

Keith Forces Jon to Pose with each Party Guest....

Yes, we look like the "Ambiguously Gay Duo," except minus the ambiguous part....we just look like the gay duo.

Jon and Matt

Jon and Paige

Jon, Ken, and Mike

Jon and Heather The Loring Pasta Bar Keith and Paige

The birthday boy sucks down another one....just kidding....he only had one cocktail at the restaurant though it appears he got every last drop out of his glass.

The group photo!

Paige's Afterparty

1 large bucket whose directions actually encourage you to poor an entire bottle of vodka in side of it + 8 martini glasses = FUN, FUN, FUN!!

Peppermint-ini's....ummmmmm!! They are frozen and so Paige is scooping them into our glasses.

Somebody get the birthday boy another one STAT!

Heather and Mike amusing each other!

Breaking sticks....

After my fishing trip, I am almost a regular man's man. Look at me building a fire and whatnot! Those two years in Boy Scouts seemed to have really paid off mom and dad!

Paige and I with our fire poking sticks. That seriously is not meant to sound dirty, but no matter how I word it, it seems to sound wrong.

Time to Open Presents and Eat Cake....

Somebody looks excited...

Some vanilla Vodka

Movie ticket gift certificates

A new game and Jon's favorite....M&M's

His bow matches his shirt and trust me folks, that is not a coincidence.

M&M Blizzard cake....yummy yummy!

Blowing out the birthday candles...

Psycho chic

Mike and Keith trying to get the fire up and going again.